If you're not building a temple in Jerusalem, a good second option is Brigham City, Utah. "Greatest people in the world," as we small towners say about our neighbors. My mother called Brigham City "a slice of paradise." But then she also called milkweeds "wildflowers."

For decades we've been known as Utah's Peach City, but since the orchards have been turned into building lots, some of our other personalities are battling to get out. Today, some see us as the gateway to the Golden Spike or the gateway to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. And — because of Alliant Techsystems — we're Rocket Town, the drill team at the high school even being named the Rockettes. In fact, I remember a coach at the high school blaming all those "slow-twitch" muscles of ATK engineers and their kids for his losing season. If he'd put that much creative thinking into his game plans, we might have taken state.

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